General Giap dies at 102

[Jacob]

Obit here: http://news.yahoo.com/legendary-vietnam-gen-vo-nguyen-giap-dies-132952927.html

[Caliga]

Wow, he was still alive?

R.I.P., worthy adversary.

[Syt]

Also amazed he was still kicking about. One tough mofo.

[derspiess]

About time.

WE WIN!!!!!!!!!

[CountDeMoney]

About time.

WE WIN!!!!!!!!!

No shit.  USA USA USA

[derspiess]

But seriously, he was an interesting fella (if maybe slightly overrated in some circles) and IIRC was actually one of the more moderate figures in North Vietnamese leadership that favored political rather than military means of unifying the country.

Still, kind of irritates me that these two guys gave us so much trouble:

[Caliga]

*shrug* I have the same sort of respect for him that I have for folks like Rommel who opposed us, but did so with great skill and determination.

[derspiess]

I'm just saying they don't look like particularly menacing dudes in that pic.  Giap with his little white suite & short tie, and Ho with his casual summer weekend shorts & sandals.

[CountDeMoney]

I'm just saying they don't look like particularly menacing dudes in that pic.  Giap with his little white suite & short tie, and Ho with his casual summer weekend shorts & sandals.

Low tech will always match up well against high tech when it comes to warfare.

[Caliga]

I'm just saying they don't look like particularly menacing dudes in that pic.  Giap with his little white suite & short tie, and Ho with his casual summer weekend shorts & sandals.

Oh, I see.

[The Brain]

RIP Augusto.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm just saying they don't look like particularly menacing dudes in that pic.  Giap with his little white suite & short tie, and Ho with his casual summer weekend shorts & sandals.

We got our asses kicked by a nation of houseboys.

[Ideologue]

I'm just saying they don't look like particularly menacing dudes in that pic.  Giap with his little white suite & short tie, and Ho with his casual summer weekend shorts & sandals.

Low tech will always match up well against high tech when it comes to warfare.

Yeah, the Japanese matched up so well against high tech that they surrendered before anyone even set a boot on the home islands.

[CountDeMoney]

I'm just saying they don't look like particularly menacing dudes in that pic.  Giap with his little white suite & short tie, and Ho with his casual summer weekend shorts & sandals.

Low tech will always match up well against high tech when it comes to warfare.

Yeah, the Japanese matched up so well against high tech that they surrendered before anyone even set a boot on the home islands.

Imperial Japan wasn't exactly low tech.  Stop watching samurai flicks.

[Ideologue]

Ours was higher.  We had level 9 tech teams.